NewsHour Extra's mission is to help high school students understand world events and national issues and answer the question "why should I care?" about the news.
Student Specific News Sites
CNN Student News is a ten-minute, commercial-free, daily news program for middle and high school students produced by the journalists and educators at CNN. This award-winning show and its companion Web site are available free of charge throughout the school year.
You can record the program on HLN from 4:00-4:10 a.m. ET Monday through Friday. You can also see it as a streamed video on our Web site (CNNStudentNews.com), or download it as a free podcast. The program is free and accessible to anyone who wants to watch; there are no subscription charges or contracts to complete.
Visual News Searching
Google Fast Flip captures images of articles on our partners' websites and then display them in an easy-to-read way. The stories are grouped by categories, such as Entertainment, Business, Opinion, Politics and Most Viewed. Readers can flip through stories quickly by simply pressing the left- and right-arrow keys until they find one that catches their interest. Clicking on the story takes them directly to the publisher's website.
Maps latest world news headlines and news clips on a Google Map. You can visit the site and find various markers on the map. Magnify on a region to find more markers; the numbered markers indicate the number of news clips in that area. Click on a marker and its text plus video thumbnail will be displayed in a floating window. Click on the video thumbnail and it will be played. You can limit searches to Business, General, All, Business, Entertainment, Science, and Sports.
popurls is the dashboard for the latest web-buzz, a single page that encapsulates up-to-the-minute headlines from the most popular sites on the internet. popurls aggregates news from both mainstream and other sources including Twitter, Slashdot, Boing Boing, Wired, and Hacker News, etc.
News Sources for Current Events and Headlines
Safe Searching Resources
When prompted supply the required password from the Safe Searching Handout (available from your teacher or the LMC).
HINT: MLA citations are included with these sources-->check the bottom of the page for the MLA citation.
Popular Media Outlets
ABC
MSNBC
Fox News
CBS
CNN
CNBC
Bloomberg
CSPAN
Grades 7 & Up
NewsHour Extra's mission is to help high school students understand world events and national issues and answer the question "why should I care?" about the news.
Student Specific News Sites
CNN Student News is a ten-minute, commercial-free, daily news program for middle and high school students produced by the journalists and educators at CNN. This award-winning show and its companion Web site are available free of charge throughout the school year.
You can record the program on HLN from 4:00-4:10 a.m. ET Monday through Friday. You can also see it as a streamed video on our Web site (CNNStudentNews.com), or download it as a free podcast. The program is free and accessible to anyone who wants to watch; there are no subscription charges or contracts to complete.
Visual News Searching
Google Fast Flip captures images of articles on our partners' websites and then display them in an easy-to-read way. The stories are grouped by categories, such as Entertainment, Business, Opinion, Politics and Most Viewed. Readers can flip through stories quickly by simply pressing the left- and right-arrow keys until they find one that catches their interest. Clicking on the story takes them directly to the publisher's website.
Maps latest world news headlines and news clips on a Google Map. You can visit the site and find various markers on the map. Magnify on a region to find more markers; the numbered markers indicate the number of news clips in that area. Click on a marker and its text plus video thumbnail will be displayed in a floating window. Click on the video thumbnail and it will be played. You can limit searches to Business, General, All, Business, Entertainment, Science, and Sports.
popurls is the dashboard for the latest web-buzz, a single page that encapsulates up-to-the-minute headlines from the most popular sites on the internet. popurls aggregates news from both mainstream and other sources including Twitter, Slashdot, Boing Boing, Wired, and Hacker News, etc.
News Blogs